Alexandra
Conigliaro's fourth goal of the season was a double-overtime
game winner for the Crimson Monday night (photo courtesy Gil
Talbot).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The rain could
wait no longer Monday night, and neither could the Crimson. After
101 minutes of soccer, sophomore Alexandra
Conigliaro punched in a cross from senior Katherine
Sheeleigh to give the Crimson a 1-0 double-overtime win over
visiting Quinnipiac, and just as the ball hit the net to end the
game, the rain began to come down.

Sheeleigh broke down the sideline on a run from midfield with
the ball at her feet. Once she neared the goalkeeper box, she
turned in and fired a cross along the ground that went past three
other players before it found Conigliaro. The sophomore made one
touch to settle the ball, then buried it beyond a diving Kendra
Margulies of Quinnipiac (5-7-3) to move Harvard back above .500 at
7-6-1 overall.

Harvard appeared to have a go-ahead goal with six minutes left
to play in regulation, but it was negated by an offsides call just
feet from the baseline of the field. Conigliaro put a ball just
inside the left post on a cross inside the box from junior Melanie
Baskind for an apparent 1-0 Crimson lead, but it did not stand.
Conigliaro would get another chance, though.

The Crimson fired 31 shots in the game to the Bobcats' four.
However, it was Harvard's first and only shot in the second
overtime, No. 31 in the game, which made the difference. The
Crimson dominated possession in the first half, keeping the ball on
its side of the pitch nearly the entire time and outshooting the
Bobcats, 15-2. Harvard also controlled the corner kicks in the
game, notching 10 in the first half alone on its way to a 14-1
advantage for the night.

Harvard heads back on the road to continue Ivy League play with
a visit to Dartmouth at 4 p.m. Saturday.